jaybo
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| Is SACD dead? if you live for art pepper and yo yo ma its alive and well(for the time being) | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? the last decade has brought about 'serious' advances in the remastering and manufacturing of the compact disc. the reality on the hardware side is that (unfortunately)the players(at any price) cannot perform miracles with the thousands of poorly m... | |
| please help with tube amp thks the mr10 is one of audio's great tube amps.....the benefits of tubes, but also powerful enough to work with a wide variety of great loudspeakers(old and new). | |
| Should a CDP be left on 24/7 or shut off & on? the better components that 'are' affected by a longer warm- up will generally have a stand-by mode. most of the break-in time is in our heads, not our stereos. | |
| Conrad johnson amp with Musical Fidelity pre both components are quite good and 'musical'. the cd player and/or the speakers? could be where the dissatisfaction really is. | |
| recommendation for best low cost rca interconnect tributaries/monster/vampire | |
| recommendations for starting system the gradient intros(made in finland) are great more the kind of music you love...and not fussy about wire or amps | |
| Speakers to mate with Mac MC402 under $5k mac is also compatible with accuphase pre's... | |
| EQ's... why doesnt everybody have one? equalization is used in every part of the food chain except the home, where we would rather gut the listening room, buy dozens of cables, and continually swap out components until we here what the engineer heard with an equalizer. | |
| Concept 2QD Turntable - Are You Experienced? he worked for a record distributer, but im afraid hes no longer living. | |
| Best Gene Pitney collection...sonically?..... i'm pretty sure a 'bear family' import cd box exsists. pitney was a genius. his recordings were mixed for radio play. the bear family boxes generally have a more 'full' sound. | |
| CDP for Naim it is a must(i think there's a law)...the whole naim sound is based on synergy(the 'whole' being greater than the sum of the parts)....the players are great, especially with other naim gear. good luck | |
| Scout w/Signature arm or Scoumaster w/standard ar you should go for the most table you can get for the money. some of the old denons(dp1200,dp62) are as good as many in the $1500 price range today. the vpi's offer the opportunity to upgrage, but if you have one of those denons, you can probably s... | |
| Concept 2QD Turntable - Are You Experienced? a friend of mine from california had a concept receiver and turntable. the turntable, along with the better yamaha, denon, and kenwood was one of the jewels of direct drive designs. they were built in and imported from japan for a specific retaile... | |
| Speakers to mate with Mac MC402 under $5k made-in-heaven would be your system with a mac2200 tube pre....check out the gradient revolutions/castle howards/totem forests.....all well under 5k...all great with mac from top to bottom |